Tarnocai, Charles; Bockheim, James G (2011): (Table 2) Site and soil characteristics of cryosolic pedons from Arctic Canada [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.838950, In supplement to: Tarnocai, C; Bockheim, JG (2011): Cryosolic soils of Canada: Genesis, distribution, and classification. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 91(5), 749-762, https://doi.org/10.4141/cjss10020
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Further details:
The Canadian System of Soil Classification, 3rd edition (1998). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/taxa/cssc3/index.html
Keys to soil taxonomy, 10th ed. (2006). USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lincoln, 333 pp, https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Keys-to-Soil-Taxonomy.pdf
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 70.810529 * Median Longitude: -107.433804 * South-bound Latitude: 61.602780 * West-bound Longitude: -131.583330 * North-bound Latitude: 81.841670 * East-bound Longitude: -71.300000
Event(s):
P1_12-90-01 (12-90-01) * Latitude: 81.841670 * Longitude: -71.300000 * Location: Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago * Method/Device: Soil profile (SOIL)
P2_12-90-H3 (12-90-H3) * Latitude: 81.830000 * Longitude: -71.483330 * Location: Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago * Method/Device: Soil profile (SOIL)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Tarnocai, Charles | pedon no. | ||
| 5 | Landform | Landform | Tarnocai, Charles | |||
| 6 | Soil properties | Soil prop | Tarnocai, Charles | drainage | ||
| 7 | Sediment type | Sediment | Tarnocai, Charles | parent material | ||
| 8 | Thaw depth of active layer | Thaw depth | cm | Tarnocai, Charles | depth to permafrost | |
| 9 | Characteristic | Characteristic | Tarnocai, Charles | patterned gound | ||
| 10 | Vegetation type | Vegetation type | Tarnocai, Charles | |||
| 11 | Soil type | Soil type | Tarnocai, Charles | Canadian soil classification (1998) | ||
| 12 | Soil type | Soil type | Tarnocai, Charles | US soil classification (2006) |
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Size:
90 data points
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Sample ID (pedon no.) | 5 Landform | 6 Soil prop (drainage) | 7 Sediment (parent material) | 8 Thaw depth [cm] (depth to permafrost) | 9 Characteristic (patterned gound) | 10 Vegetation type | 11 Soil type (Canadian soil classification ...) | 12 Soil type (US soil classification (2006)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1_12-90-01 | 81.842 | -71.300 | 1 | fluvial blanket | rapid | fluvial sand | 65 | ice-wedge polygons | Dryas-sedge tundra | Regosolic Turbic Cryosol | Typic Psammoturbels |
| P2_12-90-H3 | 81.830 | -71.483 | 2 | alluvial veneer | imperfect | alluvium | 44 | earth hummocks | Dryas-sedge tundra | Gleysolic Turbic Cryosol | Typic Aquiturbels |
| P3_TL2-4 | 62.916 | -99.161 | 3 | till blanket | moderately well | till | 95 | nonsorted circles | shrub tundra | Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol | Typic Umbriturbels |
| P4_12-89-13 | 81.381 | -76.935 | 4 | fluvial terrace | well | fluvial sand | 45 | ice-wedge polygons | Dryas-sedge tundra | Regosolic Static Cryosol | Typic Psammoturbels |
| P5_12-80-34 | 70.017 | -124.733 | 5 | inclined | well | till | 110 | small (15-40 cm diam.) polygons | unvegetated | Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol | Typic Umbriturbels |
| P6_12-80-32 | 70.433 | -127.600 | 6 | marine plain | imperfect | marine | 40 | ice-wedge polygons | shrub tundra | Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol | Typic Umbriturbels |
| P7_T35A | 63.367 | -123.000 | 7 | polygonal peat plateau | imperfect | peat | 23 | polygonal peat plateau | lichen moss tundra | Fibric Organic Cryosol | Typic Fibristels |
| P8_Y39 | 65.167 | -127.450 | 8 | rolling | imperfect | till | 25 | earth hummocks | Black spruce-lichen | Orthic Dystric Turbic Cryosol | Typic Umbriturbels |
| P9_Y84 | 69.550 | -131.583 | 9 | rolling | well | till | 57 | earth hummocks | Black spruce-lichen | Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol | Typic Umbriturbels |
| P10_8C | 61.603 | -121.092 | 10 | palsa | imperfect | peat | 60 | Palsa | Black spruce-lichen | Mesic Organic Cryosol | Typic Hemistels |